SNEAK PEEKS: What's new in theaters

Thursday

Aug 10, 2017 at 11:23 AMAug 10, 2017 at 11:23 AM

By Al Alexander, Correspondent

Annabelle: Creation

If you liked “Annabelle,” word is you’ll go gaga for this prequel, which traces the origins of the killer doll and its harassment of a polio-stricken girl and her mates at a Catholic-run orphanage. Anthony LaPaglia stars.

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

Did anyone really want to see a sequel to a kid’s movie that scored a lowly 10 on Rotten Tomatoes in 2014? Well, for the dozen or so of you who answered yes, here it is. Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl and Maya Rudolph top the voice talent.

Step

Amanda Lipitz wowed the Sundance crowd with her moving documentary about a high school step-dance team in Baltimore striving to reach its goals in the wake of the unrest that set the city on fire after the death of Freddie Gray in April 2015.

Wind River

Taylor Sheridan follows his Oscar nomination (“Hell or High Water”) with another socially minded thriller. This one about a game tracker (Jeremy Renner) teaming with a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) to solve the murder of a Native American.

The Glass Castle

Brie Larson assumes the role of journalist Jeannette Walls in this adaptation of her memoir about overcoming her humble, sometimes homeless, childhood to become a best-selling author. Woody Harrelson co-stars as her seriously dysfunctional dad.

Brigsby Bear

“SNL’s” Kyle Mooney co-wrote and stars in a comedy about a overly sheltered kid’s show producer who goes a bit crazy after his program is cancelled. Claire Danes and Mark Hamill co-star.